METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING A DRIVING RECOMMENDATION FOR A VEHICLE AND METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROVIDING A DRIVING RECOMMENDATION FOR A VEHICLE

• US 20150066341A1
• Filed: 07/18/2012
• Published: 03/05/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/14/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Original Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Inventors: Von Holt, Bjoern
• Application Number:
  US14/345,091
• Publication Number:
  US 20150066341A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/117
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3492 employing speed data or traffic data, e.g. real-time or historical traffic control systems for road vehicles involving transmission of navigation instructions to the vehicle G08G1/0968
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096716 where the received information does not generate an automatic action on the vehicle control
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096741 where the source of the transmitted information selects which information to transmit to each vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096827 where the route is computed onboard
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096883 where input information is obtained using a mobile device, e.g. a mobile phone, a PDA
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/52 for supporting social networking services

Abstract

A method for determining a driving recommendation for a vehicle is provided. The method is carried out while using a social media Internet platform and an Internet-capable navigation device, which is situated in the vehicle and is wirelessly connected to the social media Internet platform. The method has a step of receiving an item of traffic event information and an item of position information, which is associated with the item of traffic event information, from the social media Internet platform with the aid of the navigation device. The method also has a step of comparing the item of position information to an item of route information, which represents a route to be traveled by the vehicle, with the aid of the navigation device, to ascertain whether a position represented by the item of position information lies on the route to be traveled by the vehicle.

Claims

1-10. -10. (canceled)

11. A method for determining a driving recommendation for a vehicle, the method being carried out while using a social media Internet platform and an Internet-capable navigation device, which is situated in the vehicle and is wirelessly connected to the social media Internet platform, the method comprising:

receiving an item of traffic event information and an item of position information, which is associated with the item of traffic event information, from the social media Internet platform with the aid of the navigation device;

comparing the item of position information to an item of route information, which represents a route to be traveled by the vehicle with the aid of the navigation device, to ascertain whether a position represented by the item of position information lies on a route to be traveled by the vehicle; and

analyzing the item of traffic event information if the position represented by the item of position information lies on the route to be traveled by the vehicle, to determine the driving recommendation for the vehicle based on the item of traffic event information.

12. The method as recited in claim 11, wherein, in the step of receiving, the item of traffic event information represents a traffic event from a predefined list of traffic events.

13. The method as recited in claim 11, wherein:

the social media Internet platform includes at least one user group,

the navigation device includes a subscriber unit of a member of the at least one user group of the social media Internet platform,

in the step of receiving, the item of traffic event information and the item of position information are received with the aid of the navigation device from the at least one user group of the social media Internet platform.

14. The method as recited in claim 11, wherein:

the social media Internet platform includes at least one user group,

the navigation device includes a subscriber unit of a member of the at least one user group of the social media Internet platform,

at least one further navigation device of at least one further vehicle being a subscriber unit of a member of the at least one user group of the social media Internet platform,

in the step of receiving, at least one item of traffic event information and an item of position information, which is associated with the at least one item of traffic event information, which originate from the at least one further navigation device of the member of the at least one user group, are received with the aid of the navigation device from the at least one user group of the social media Internet platform.

15. The method as recited in claim 11, further comprising:

checking the item of traffic event information and the item of position information for plausibility while using travel data of the vehicle, wherein one of items of traffic information and one of a number of identical items and content-related items of traffic event information having identical items of position information within a tolerance range.

16. The method as recited in claim 15, further comprising:

discarding the item of traffic event information if, in the step of checking, no plausibility of the item of traffic event information and the item of position information are established.

17. The method as recited in claim 11, further comprising:

modifying an existing route, which is determined with the aid of the navigation device, based on the driving recommendation, to generate a modified route; and

outputting the modified route to a user interface of the navigation device.

18. A method for providing a driving recommendation for a vehicle, the method being carried out while using a social media Internet platform and an Internet-capable navigation device, which is situated in a vehicle and is wirelessly connected to the social media Internet platform, the method comprising:

inputting an item of traffic event information based on a user input into the navigation device; and

transmitting the item of traffic event information and an item of position information, which is associated with the item of traffic event information and represents a position of the vehicle at a point in time of the input of the item of traffic event information, with the aid of the navigation device to the social media Internet platform, to provide the driving recommendation.

19. The method as recited in claim 18, wherein, in the step of inputting, the item of traffic event information represents a traffic event from a predefined list of traffic events.

20. The method as recited in claim 18, wherein:

the social media Internet platform includes at least one user group,

the navigation device includes a subscriber unit of a member of the at least one user group of the social media Internet platform,

in the step of transmitting, the item of traffic event information and the item of position information are transmitted with the aid of the navigation device to at least further members of the at least one user group of the social media Internet platform.

21. The method as recited in claim 18, wherein:

the social media Internet platform includes at least one user group,

the navigation device includes a subscriber unit of a member of the at least one user group of the social media Internet platform, at least one further navigation device of at least one further vehicle being a subscriber unit of a member of the at least one user group of the social media Internet platform,

wherein, in the step of transmitting, the item of traffic event information and the item of position information are transmitted with the aid of the navigation device to at least further members of the at least one user group of the social media Internet platform, the item of traffic event information and the item of position information being receivable for the at least one further navigation device of the at least one user group.

22. The method as recited in claim 18, further comprising:

checking the item of traffic event information and the item of position information for plausibility while using travel data of the vehicle, wherein one of items of traffic information and one of a number of identical items and content-related items of traffic event information having identical items of position information within a tolerance range.

23. The method as recited in claim 18, further comprising:

discarding the item of traffic event information if, in the step of checking, no plausibility of the item of traffic event information and the item of position information are established.

24. The method as recited in claim 18, further comprising:

modifying an existing route, which is determined with the aid of the navigation device, based on the driving recommendation, to generate a modified route; and

outputting the modified route to a user interface of the navigation device.

25. A device for determining a driving recommendation for a vehicle, the device being used while using a social media Internet platform and an Internet-capable navigation device, which is situated in the vehicle and is wirelessly connected to the social media Internet platform, the device comprising:

an arrangement for receiving an item of traffic event information and an item of position information, which is associated with the item of traffic event information, from the social media Internet platform with the aid of the navigation device;

an arrangement for comparing the item of position information to an item of route information, which represents a route to be traveled by the vehicle with the aid of the navigation device, to ascertain whether a position represented by the item of position information lies on a route to be traveled by the vehicle; and

an arrangement for analyzing the item of traffic event information if the position represented by the item of position information lies on the route to be traveled by the vehicle, to determine the driving recommendation for the vehicle based on the item of traffic event information.

26. A device for providing a driving recommendation for a vehicle, the device being used while using a social media Internet platform and an Internet-capable navigation device, which is situated in a vehicle and is wirelessly connected to the social media Internet platform, the device comprising:

an arrangement for inputting an item of traffic event information based on a user input into the navigation device; and

an arrangement for transmitting the item of traffic event information and an item of position information, which is associated with the item of traffic event information and represents a position of the vehicle at a point in time of the input of the item of traffic event information, with the aid of the navigation device to the social media Internet platform, to provide the driving recommendation.

27. A computer program product having program code which is stored on a machine-readable medium for carrying out a method for determining a driving recommendation for a vehicle, the method being carried out while using a social media Internet platform and an Internet-capable navigation device, which is situated in the vehicle and is wirelessly connected to the social media Internet platform, the method comprising:

receiving an item of traffic event information and an item of position information, which is associated with the item of traffic event information, from the social media Internet platform with the aid of the navigation device;

comparing the item of position information to an item of route information, which represents a route to be traveled by the vehicle with the aid of the navigation device, to ascertain whether a position represented by the item of position information lies on a route to be traveled by the vehicle; and

analyzing the item of traffic event information if the position represented by the item of position information lies on the route to be traveled by the vehicle, to determine the driving recommendation for the vehicle based on the item of traffic event information.

28. A computer program product having program code which is stored on a machine-readable medium for carrying out a method for providing a driving recommendation for a vehicle, the method being carried out while using a social media Internet platform and an Internet-capable navigation device, which is situated in a vehicle and is wirelessly connected to the social media Internet platform, the method comprising:

inputting an item of traffic event information based on a user input into the navigation device; and

transmitting the item of traffic event information and an item of position information, which is associated with the item of traffic event information and represents a position of the vehicle at a point in time of the input of the item of traffic event information, with the aid of the navigation device to the social media Internet platform, to provide the driving recommendation.